[Study on efficacy specificity of electroacupuncture at "Zusanli "(ST36) and "Baihui" (GV20) in cerebral ischemia and inflammatory pain rats].

Objective: To explore the efficacy difference between electroacupuncture (EA) at "Zusanli" (ST36) and "Baihui" (GV20) for inflammatory pain and cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI) in rats.

Methods: In 1st part of this study, 90 male SD rats were randomly divided into sham-operation, model (induced by occlusion of the middle cerebral artery and reperfusion), GV20 EA, ST36 EA，and sham EA groups (=16 in each group). In the 2nd part of the study, 40 male SD rats were randomized into saline injection (control), inflammatory pain model (subcutaneous injection of complete Freund's adjuvant ［CFA］ into the right paw), ST36 EA, GV20 EA, and sham EA groups (=8 in each group).

Study on the correlation between KCNJ11 gene polymorphism and metabolic syndrome in the elderly.

The aim of the study was to examine the correlation between KCNJ11 gene polymorphism and metabolic syndrome in elderly patients. From January 2014 to January 2015, 54 elderly patients with metabolic syndrome were enrolled in this study as the observation group. During the same period, 46 healthy elderly individuals were enrolled in this study as the control group.

Carnosic acid attenuates neuropathic pain in rat through the activation of spinal sirtuin1 and down-regulation of p66shc expression.

Background: It has been reported that carnosic acid (CA) exhibits a range of biological activities including hepatoprotective, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. However, the effect of carnosic acid in neuropathic pain remained elusive.

Methods: A neuropathic pain model of chronic constriction injury (CCI) was established in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats.

[Adenosine Al Receptor Mediated Neuroprotection of Shenmai Injection on Rat Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: an Experimental Study].

Objective: To observe whether adenosine Al receptor (Al R) mediated neuroprotection of Shenmai Injection (SI) on rat cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.

Methods: The focal cerebral I/R model was established by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Totally 60 successfully modeled rats was divided into 5 groups according to randomized block principle, i.